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PAGE FOUR -WECTiOa two t THE FARMS 1 ifgllN CHOWAN COUNTY By C. W. OVERMAN. Chowan County Agent J _ - - - -* t Wteft Agricultural Extension? % answer to this question let’s first determine the purpose. The purpose of the Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics is "To Help People Help Themselves”. The methods involved are In * formation. Organization. Dem onstration and Personal Assist ance- All of these are interre lated and are integrated in a good people’s program. i The Extension worker gathers infomation from research find- ( infs, from commercial company developments and from experi «sKes. This information is car ried to the people on the farm, I itfhe home and even to the} voiban people for their use. organization people vfark together tor greater effi ciency and more effectiveness, latere are many things which Bean be accomplished coopera ted ly that cannot be attained lually. The Extension r again gives information, Mte and inspiration. The >ion worker’s role must be ( i background because the ration and the program j he people’s, not the Ex t worker’s. Demonstration is a meth teachmg better farm and practices. Its purpose is ts prove that there is a better apt) more efficient way of * do ing something. It is not only the individual cooperator, l lit also for his neighbors and < hers. Large numbers of peo & to vhom the practice may I iply should attend a demon s cation, or visit a demonstra t »n as the case may be. This r cults in more people gaining t C information and uses the 1 {tension worker more effici < itlv. 1 give you the following c simple. IrLast Wednesday morning we )|jj|d a demonstration tour on surveying tobacco fields for iWnatode infestation. There W«re about ten growers pres atrt These were shown the sim-| pfet. systematic procedures to fplow and given a bulletin toj v£e They are now in a posi tion to survey their own fields,! year after year, and practice 1 rtonat s' control measures onj their own farms. It would have« f been just as easy to have shown? sfty growers as it was the ten.: Personal contacts are very im- j per taut and are often necessary.' Xhere are personal problems and emergent problems arising ev ery day which need the Ex-’ ension worker’s assistance. Thej ctension worker is anxious to help everyone who needs his assistance and he welcomes the opportunity. We have briefly' discussed the Stated four methods involved in! Extension work. Let’s consider: how you folks in the County} tan use your Extension workers to a better advantage. ‘ Twenty years ago. with a I mule, you farmed 2g to 35 acres.’ ■ SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS. 1 [ By JAMES H. GRIFFIN. Soil Conserraiioaitl Yates Parrish. Edenton, is> • • proud ot ms summer grazing program for his 65 head herd of beef cattle. When he came by the local work unit office, i SCS. in late May. he didn't, have a grazing program. His] lad mo clover-fescue pastures Notice To Administrators. Executors And Guardians The law requires an ANNUAL AC COUNT to lie made each year and an Inventory to be filed within 90 days • * after qualifying. If your Annual Ac count. Inventory or Final Account el are past due. we respectfully urge that von file same at once, as we are m * required to report all such cases to the Grand Jury, which will convene at the September term of Chowan County Superior Court, September 12th. YOUR COOPER AT/ON WILL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATEDI TOM H. SHEPARD Clerk of Superior Court Today, with a tractor, you farm 60 to 100 acres or more. You made this change in order to increase your income and to make work easier for you. This gave your wife a washing ma chine in place of the scrub board. It gave your family many, many other advantages. Your County Extension Ser vice is for your use. Your pro gress is its progress. To put it in the tractor farming period you must use it most efficient ly and effectively. To do this 1 every individual must help. You must think individually and you must think collectively. You must act individually and col lectively. You must help map out a plan, revise it periodical ly, and follow the route. Let’s start right now. What are the problems on your farm, in your home, in your community and in your County? Write these down for reference. Include problems which may take several years to solve. List the problems ac cording to need: first, second, third, etc. Then let’s plan to do something about them in an organized and systematic way. Have a family program con ference. This must include all members of the family. Be sure each member participates, no one member shbuld dominate. List your problems, needs and desires. Then plan away to solve and attain them. Call in your .Extension worker for help! if he is needed. Organize your community. Call together leaders from your church and other organizations in the community, also other| leaders. Set up a simple or ganization. Together, list your farm, home and community problems and needs. Call in your Extension or other agricul tural worker for assistance. Set up a long-range plan to meet those needs. Revise the plan periodically as needed. Set up a plan of action for next year based on possible accom plishments. A County Advisory Board should be composed of at least one representative from each community plus representatives from other groups deemed ad i visable. With information from i_the communities this board can ’ determine a long-range program : for the County. From this the annual Extension program of work will be determined by the Board. This procedure will enable } Extension workers to prepare ! their annual plan of work bas ed on the people’s needs. It will facilitate planning for spe-i cialists’ help where needed. It < should enable you to use youn Extension Service most efficient-! Ily and effectively. What do you think of this idea? Please let me hear from you. If you think it is worth-1 while, let’s s'tart with- U right} now so we can prepare an es- j fective plan for 1961. were drying up from dry weath er and the heat. He didn’t get much spring grazing from his winter cover crops due to the weather. His situation was one of needing grazing for those cattle. Two years ago, he had pre- • pared his soil and water con-! , servation plan with the local} soil conservation district. In- j eiuded in the plan was 30 acres' of ladino clover-fescue pasture.! But he had increased his beef | cattle herd to 65. This spring he added 3 acres of Coastal Ber muda grass but not enough j grazing for the herd. In checking the soil types and available land, it was decided} that a fast, summer grazing | crop was needed. County Agricultural Agent C.j W. Overman was called into the planning of more pasture. The! three of us decided that millet 1 or sudan grass would be the answer. Lime and fertilizer needs information was furnish ed from a soil test report made two years ago. A new plant, “Sudax”, was being distributed by a local dealer. Mr. Parrish was told about it. 'His decision was to try part of the field in it and the other part in pearl millet. . Both parts of the field were seeded on June Bth using 400 nounds of 5-10-10 fertilizer. Four acres of “Sudax” and two} acres of pearl millet was seeded.} Grazing started on July Bth and ended on August Btb using the six acres of “Sudax”-millet plus two acres of nearby ladino clover. 30 brood sows, 34 calves and 1 bull were grazed. Immediately after they were removed, the stalks of the mil-1 let and “Sudax” were mowed about 12-15 inches. 1700 lbs. of “cal-nitro,” 20.5 lbs of Nitro-I gen. was applied. August 22nd the millet and “Sudax” was ready to be graz ed again. Millet In Sweet Corn Thurman Harrell, Tyner, N. C.,' has had another successful veai-| grazing millet behind truck corn. He broadcasts the millet at the last cultivation of the corn. j After harvesting the corn, he grazed the millet with his beef herd. Fall Grazing A good grazing combination for fall and spring is Small | grain-Crimson clover. Seed early, for fall grazing about Septem-| ber 1-30 in the Coastal Plain. Top dress early seedings with} about 60 pounds of nitrogen in early October. Grass-Based Rotation Seed 20-30 pounds of tall fes cue with small grain this fall. Harvest small grain next spring and leave the fescue. Top-dress j it and graze. Allow to stay the second year as a grazing crop.j Turn and use row crop (tobacco or other) the third year. Farm-] ers say they make more money planting corn and its better for, the land. Coastal Bermuda Grass L. f<l. Hollowell has been grazing his grass since July. Hej established it in March of this! | year. Sprayed 2-4 Din May to' ! kill the broad leaf plants. Ap-' ) plied about 100 pounds of nitro gen per acre after the .spraying and watched the grass grow. j Frankly Speaking' By Frau HJaerts Actually, I should give the by-line to my father as most of j today’s column was written .by i him. He knows my fondness for ! science-fiction and writing. Act- 1 ually, science-fiction writing is extremely difficult, and I’ve sel- | dom tackled it. To help me out, when things get hot... you look for ...w hen yeu need househuU insurance why nut get 0... Apiak the specialized Insurance for your homo West W. Byrum Agency, Inc. 403 8. Breed Street RHONE 2311 esasaa sezazd, gsartosr. rghth easousA. ssOTaaa?. wmaa l.iwe.- •" I ole Dad sent along an outline, | itself, makes an inspiring story ! which, like all science-fiction, i might some day become reality, 'it seems that for months and I months he’s been turning over in his mind ideas concerning I some planet whose civilization is | several thousands years ahead of I us. He’d write a book about this planet sending to earth mil j lions of men with the sole pur- I pose of wiping out evil of every | sort. They’d have weapons of i which we’ve never dreamed, and , the ability to decontaminate all j nuclear weapons by a veryj , simple device. They'd first take over Russia and outlaw Com munism, even killed, without mercy, those who Stand in their way and try to prevent the car rying out of their designs. All I satellite countries would throw off Russia’s yoke, put up their own government, with every government ruled by leaders from this unknown planet. Laws would be changed, brought up to date, and made for the bene- j fit of all decent people. Even | our Constitution would be re i vised and our laws made mod- I ern. Evil, wherever it may be j found, would be ruthlessly j stamped out. Justice for all 1 would be more than the mock- ] ery it is today. Our law courts i would be made efficient, trials j shortened ’ and , murder trials i would be held without the circus atmosphere of today. All such trials would be conducted with out crime reporters, photograph ers, interviewers. One case is recalled, in which two young hoodlums were standing in a police court awaiting booking, when a reporter walked up to them and asked: “Why did you do it?” The young hoodlum laughed and said, “because I felt like it.” Under the new form of government I have in mind, this man and all the oth ers would be thrown out of the court and told that their news papers would be heavily fined or even closed up if they published anything about a murder trial ; until either conviction or ac quittal was obtained. Quite na |turally, the new administrators of justice and the police would ,have little trouble ferreting out i the real criminals in a short time. Even dogs would be used, trained in crime detection and having a sense of smell far bet ter than our bloodhounds. They i would teach respect for law and I slap around any hoodlum, young lor old, who sneers or wisecracks I when questioned. * This work ! would go ort at! over the earth I and every country would be un der the direct rule of the men from the planet. Later, women would be sent down to take over the education of the young. They would be taught by the I • very latest methods, far superior l -————- NEW-USED Pianos - Organs TERMS-RENTALS CONRAD N. PLYLER PHONE 2636 GATESVILLE 'iiSS\ w ** n||miu ii g M We specialite in making old far* I | future look and feel “like new!” ANTIQUE^rURN^TURE ONE OF THE LARGEST SELECTIONS OF FABRICS IN THE ALBEMARLE AREA! Free Estimates Easy Terms RUGS AND DRAPERIES GLEANED Colonial Upholstery Co. 813 North Oakum Street PHONE 4192 EDENTON _ . ...... to ours. They would also be taught a universal language, in addition to their own. Africa: would be ruled by men of their own color, far more intelligent than those now in rule. ‘China would be taken over as yirell, end the leaders put out of the way. I also envision that this super race would have conquered the illnesses we are subject t 0,., and lives would be prolonged hund reds of years. Also that it would be impos sible to kill them. They would, of course, possess super human ! strength. Well, that’s Dad’s out -1 line and for the most part a good dream. The new educational system would start with the very young children. Evil thoughts, love of money and. j power, would never concern} these newly educated people. } Short notes: Welcome back to Tom Shields, who was in Northern Virginia and Washing ton, D. C., on his vacation week before last. Now, it’s my turn and immediately following to morrow’s broadcast my wife and I head to New York, to return in time for Wednesday morning’s Reveille with Roberts program. Recommended reading, page 65 in the August issue of Reader’s Digest. Ah excellent article on colonialism. UFO Story carries on 9:30 Saturday mornings, pro duced locally. The UFO series we have been running resumes in October. Eeither way, it contains facts every American should know. Following UFO Story, hear "Football, 1960” with interviews with some of ; our local high school celebs. Closing Thought: A convic tion is that commendable quality in ourselves that we call bull headedness in others. $9,600 In Scholarships Offered 4-H Members Scholarships worth $9,600 await 4-H Club members who are pursuing certain college courses. Two home economics' scholarships of SBOO each, four forestry at $1,600 each, and two at SBOO each in agronomy and related subjects having to do with crop protection and pro duction will be awarded to suc cessful applicants this fall. The eight scholarships are part of a national 4-H scholar ship fund administrated by the National 4-H Service Commit-; tee, Chicago, in cooperation with the Extension Service and land grant colleges and universities. Funds come from industrial con cerns that have supported the’ 4-H educational program for some time. The home economics scholar ships are given annually by I Sunbeam Corporation, Chicago, ' to girls in their junior or senior BACKER— Georgia Gov. Ernezt Vandiver, above, an nounced • he' ! will support the Kennedy-Johnson-ticket. He previously refused to endorse the Democratic nominees after the adoption -of a strong civil rights plank at the Los Angeles party platform vote. college year. The California Spray-Chemical Corporation, of Richmond pro vides scholarships to junior or senior students majoring or min oring in agronomy, soils, ento mology, plant pathology and vegetable or fruit horticulture. 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